Hood for vehicles.



A. S. CHESTON. HOOD FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1913.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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A. S. CHESTON.

HOOD FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED IuLY 25.19I3.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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A. S. CHESTON. HOOD FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED IuLY 25. 191s.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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WFTNESSE cnLuMBIA PLANDGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. r:4

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Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed July 25. 1913:` Serial No. 781,181.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that LARTHUR SAM CHnsToN, a subject of the `King of Great Britain, residing at 1 and 2 Mary Ann street,Birming ham, England, have inventedcertain new and useful lmprovements in Hoods for Vehicles, of which the followingisa. specification. A

This invention relates to hoods for motorcars and other vehicles, said hoods being of that type in which the front portion of the framing is interconnected with the upright members or main hoop sticks at the rear of the hood so that the collapsing of the said front portion also causes the upright members or main hoop sticks to ,simultaneously collapse,rwhile the said framing can be simi larly extended by a single operation.

The object of the present; invention is to provide means whereby the collapsing of the hood,automatically contracts or draws forward the rear diagonal hoop stick so as to reduce the extent to which the said hoop` stickv over-hangs the back of the vehicle, and admit of all the hoop-sticks lying level. It is proposed to att-ain this object by jointing the inner end-0f thev said rear hoop-stick to one end of a link or lever which is connected with the hood-fitting mechanism so as to be turned about its fulcrum when the hood is collapsed and draw the rear hoop-stick forward.

Figure 1 of the accompanying` drawings represents a side elevation of the improved hood ttingsfor effecting the contraction of the vrear hoop-stick. Fig. 2. shows thehood partly collapsed. Fig. 3 illustrates the hood fully folded. Fig. et represents a modification. Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, illustrate further modifications of the invention. Y

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the memberl of the front extension framing is connected to the member-2 secured to the main `vertical hoop-stick, by a link 3 jointed to said member 1 at a point forward of the inner end of the latter. Attached to the member 1 is a plate or finger 4 having at its inner end a depending lug 5 to ywhich is jointed a link 6 provided with a gapped end 7 adapted to be ,engaged with and fixed by a thumb screw or nut'S on the link 3. The lower link 6 is arranged nearl'y vertically and is pivoted at 9 to the member 2, while its lower end is continued below saidpivot 9 into an arm 10 whose outer end is pivoted to a radius rod 11 jointed atits lower extremity to the elbow of the vehicle; the arrangement being such that by'unlocking the part 7 and folding up the member 1 the front and main portions of the hood are simultaneously collapsed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

According to this invention the fingerl?J lattached to the rear hoop stick of the hood is jointed atitslower end to one extremity of a lever 13 whose forward end is pivoted at 14 to the upper endf of the radius rod 11, while at an intermediate point 15 said lever is fulcrumed to the upper end of an arm 16 gointed` at its lower end to the bottom portion ofthe member 2.

llVhen the hood is collapsed, as seen in Fig; 2, the radius rod 11 causes the lever 13 to turn about its fulcruml so that the end which is connected to the rear hoop-stick moves in a forward direction and positively draws said stick forward, so that when the hood is fully collapsed there is very little overhang, the whole of the parts folding flat. When the hood `is extended the members 10, -11, are in alinement, thus locking thehood against beingblown down or accidentally falling, as the hood cannot be collapsed, until the front part 1 is raised, and said front part is normally locked screw or nut 7. p y l y `Referring to the modification in Fig. 4, the member 1' is extended rearward past the upright member 2 into an arm or lever 13 which is directly pivoted to the rear hoop-stick member 12, so that when the member f1 is folded to lie parallel with the member 2, and the hood is collapsed, the rear hoop-stick is positively drawn forward. The link 6 and radius rod 11 are-arranged like the linkY 6, and radius rod 11, respectively in the previo asv construction.

In the form represented in Fig. 5, the member 4: has a short rearward extension 20past the link 6, this extension being pivoted to an oblique stay or lever member 13 formed'in two parts jointed together at 22 to allow of collapsing in a forward direction. The back hoop-stick member 12 is connected to the upper half of this stay 13, so that when the hoop is collapsed, and the stay 13 folds forward, the backhoop-stick is drawn forward.' Or, as in Fig. 6, the member f1 may be extended beyond member 2 to form an arm 20, which is jointed to a rigid lever member 13 to which the rear hoop-stick member 12 is pivoted, so that said lever member draws said hoop-stick forward when it folds down on the hood being colmember'2, and the arm 13, moving into a Vvertical position, draws same forward.

vThe i vention is equally applicable to the Vhoods or heads of closed vehicles of the cabriolet type, where the cant rail folds fiat against a hingedV pillar.

rHaving fully described my invention,

what I desire to'claim andsecure by Letters Patent is :4-

1. In hoods for vehicles, a main upright4 member for the rear part of the hood adapted to fold down rearward a front extension framing, means for folding and collapsing said extension framing, an obliquely disposed rear hoop stick, and means for drawing the rear hoop stick forwardly relativelyto saidmain upright member when the hood'is collapsed, including a lever memberY connected withkrthe folding means for the front extension and jointed to and supporting the forward end of the rear hoop stick. Y

2. In hoods for vehicles, a folding upright member for the rear part of the "hood, a front extension framing, a pair of rigid link members at each side of the hood connecting said extension framing to the upright member, a rear hoop member, and means connected with the said hoop member and link members and operated from the front extension to automatically draw therear hoop member forwardly relatively to saidupright member when the hood is collapsed. Y 3. In hoods for vehicles, a main upright member for the rear part of the hood adapted to fold down rearwardly, a front eXtension framing, a 'pair' of rigid upper and lower links Vat each side of the hood connecting said extension framing Yto the 'upright member, an extension arm rigid with the lower link, a radius rod jointed at its upper end to said extension arm and pivoted Vat its lower Vend to the vehicle frame, a rear hoop-stick, and means embodying a member connected to the radius rod and to the vrear hoop-stick and operative to automatirsionrf'raming, afsubstantially vertical link connected between the inner end of the eX- tension framing and the upright member, a rear hoop member and means embodying a member connected with the said hoop member and said vertical link operative from the front extension to automatically draw the rear hoop member forward when the hood is collapsed.

5. In hoods for vehicles, a main upright member for the rear part of the hood adapted to fold down rearwardly, a front eX- tension framing, a horizontal link between the upright member and the extension framing, a substantially vertical link connected between the inner end of the extension framing and the upright member, an extension arm rigid with the vertical link, a radius rod jointed at its upper end to the extension arm and arranged to come in line with the latter when the hood is extended, a slotted extension at the upper end of the vertical link, means for engaging with and locking said slotted extension to the hori- Zontal link, va rear hoop-stick, and means connected to the radius rod and to the rear hoop-stick and operative to automatically draw the latter forward when the hood is collapsed.

6. In hoods for vehicles, a main upright member for the rear part of the hood adapted to fold down rearwardly, a front extension framing, a pair of upper and lower links at each side of the hood connecting the said extension framing to the upright member, an extension arm rigid with the lower link, a radius rod jointed at its upper end to said extension arm, a rear hoop-stick, a folding arm pivoted at its lower end, and a lever member fulcrumed at a point between its ends to the outer end of said folding arm, said lever being connected at one end to the rear hoop-stick and at its other end to the radius rod, and operative to cause the automatic contraction of the rear hoopstick when the hood is collapsed.

7. In hoods for vehicles, a main upright member for the rear part of the hood adapted to fold down rearward, a horizontal front extension framing, upper and lower rigid link members forming the sole connecting meansrbetween the said extension framing and the main upright member and admitting of the extension framing collapsing into a plane parallel with the said upright, a rear hoop stick, and means embodying a lever member connected with said rear hoop stick and said lower link member and operati've by the collapsing of the front eXtension to automatically draw the rear hoop stick forward relatively to the upright member when the said horizontal front extension is folded against the said upright member and the hood collapsed.

8. In hoods for vehicles, a main upright member for the rear part of the hood adapted to fold down rearward, a substantially horizontal front extension framing, a hori- Zontal link between the upright member and the extension framing, a substantially vertical link Connected between the inner end of the extension framing and the upright ineinber, an extension arm rigid with the vert 1,al link7 a radius rod jointed at its upper end to said extension arm and pivoted at its lower end to the vehicle frame, a rear hoop member, and means embodying u lever ulcrumed intermedately and connected at one end to said hoop member and at its opposite end to said extension arm and radius rod and operative from the front extension to automatically draw the rear hoop member forwardly when the hood is collapsed.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR SAM CHESTON. lVtnesses:

RICHARD GITTINGS, ERNEST HARKER.

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